Steven D. Platt, 73 of Huntington passed away on Saturday, February 13, 2021 at Parkview Randallia Supportive Care. Steve was a 1965 graduate of Union High School and a 1974 graduate of Huntington (College) University where he received an Honorary Doctorate in 2018. He is Indiana’s all-time collegiate basketball scoring leader and was drafted by the Washington Bullets in 1974. He was inducted into the Huntington University Athletic Hall of Fame and was Huntington University Alumnus of the year in 1987 and 2003. He was inducted into the NAIA Basketball Hall of Fame and the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Steve was an executive board member of the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame as well as a board member of the Huntington County Boys and Girls Club, the Salvation Army, and the Huntington University PACE committee. He was the head men’s basketball coach at Huntington University from 1994 – 2007. Steve was a lifetime farmer in Huntington County. He was a member of Emmanuel Community Church. He was a devoted husband to his wife, Peggy, for 53 years and was a loving father and grandfather.
Steve was born on November 2, 1947 in Bluffton, the son of the late Darl R. and Clanedia M. (Stetzel) Platt.
He was united in marriage to Peggy Jackson on June 4, 1967 at Zion Church. His wife survives.
Additional survivors include a son: Ty (Brenda) Platt of Huntington; a daughter: Polly (Dan) Grismore of Fort Wayne; three sisters: Linda (Jerry) Miller of Ladoga, IN, Sally (Robert) Buehler of Huntington, Jennie (James) Ryan of Huntington; four grandchildren: Kyle (Carley) Platt, Konner Platt, Kalee Platt and Abbigail (Devin) Throop.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, February 18, 2021 from 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Emmanuel Community Church, 12222 U.S. 24 West in Fort Wayne. We will be following the CDC’s and Indiana’s guidelines for Mask’s, Social Distancing and Social Gathering Limits.
Funeral service will be held on Friday, February 19, 2021, at 2:00 pm at the Emmanuel Community Church with Gerald O. Moreland and Pastor Gary Dilley officiating. Services will be live streamed through the Myers Funeral Home Facebook page.
A private interment will be at the Zion Cemetery.
Memorial donations can be made out to Huntington University or Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame both in care of Myers Funeral Home, 2901 Guilford Street, Huntington, IN 46750.
